غزا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w).

Verb

غَزَا • (ḡazā) I, non-past يَغْزُو‎ (yaḡzū)

1. (obsolete) to seek, to desire
2. to raid, to foray, to betake oneself to wage war against, to attack

   • تعد “NSO” واحدة من أشهر منشئي برامج المراقبة التي تغزو الهواتف الذكية.

     “NSO” is considered one of the most renowned creators for surveillance programmings which attack smartphones.

Usage note

The verbal noun غَزَوَان (ḡazawān) is used only with the second sense, “raid”.

Conjugation

Conjugation of

غَزَا

(form-I final-weak, verbal nouns غَزْو or غَزَوَان)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						غَزْو or غَزَوَان ḡazw or ḡazawān
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						غَازٍ ḡāzin
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَغْزُوّ maḡzuww
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	غَزَوْتُ ḡazawtu	غَزَوْتَ ḡazawta	غَزَا ḡazā		غَزَوْتُمَا ḡazawtumā	غَزَوَا ḡazawā		غَزَوْنَا ḡazawnā	غَزَوْتُمْ ḡazawtum	غَزَوْا ḡazaw
	f		غَزَوْتِ ḡazawti	غَزَتْ ḡazat			غَزَتَا ḡazatā			غَزَوْتُنَّ ḡazawtunna	غَزَوْنَ ḡazawna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَغْزُو ʔaḡzū	تَغْزُو taḡzū	يَغْزُو yaḡzū		تَغْزُوَانِ taḡzuwāni	يَغْزُوَانِ yaḡzuwāni		نَغْزُو naḡzū	تَغْزُونَ taḡzūna	يَغْزُونَ yaḡzūna
	f		تَغْزِينَ taḡzīna	تَغْزُو taḡzū			تَغْزُوَانِ taḡzuwāni			تَغْزُونَ taḡzūna	يَغْزُونَ yaḡzūna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَغْزُوَ ʔaḡzuwa	تَغْزُوَ taḡzuwa	يَغْزُوَ yaḡzuwa		تَغْزُوَا taḡzuwā	يَغْزُوَا yaḡzuwā		نَغْزُوَ naḡzuwa	تَغْزُوا taḡzū	يَغْزُوا yaḡzū
	f		تَغْزِي taḡzī	تَغْزُوَ taḡzuwa			تَغْزُوَا taḡzuwā			تَغْزُونَ taḡzūna	يَغْزُونَ yaḡzūna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَغْزُ ʔaḡzu	تَغْزُ taḡzu	يَغْزُ yaḡzu		تَغْزُوَا taḡzuwā	يَغْزُوَا yaḡzuwā		نَغْزُ naḡzu	تَغْزُوا taḡzū	يَغْزُوا yaḡzū
	f		تَغْزِي taḡzī	تَغْزُ taḡzu			تَغْزُوَا taḡzuwā			تَغْزُونَ taḡzūna	يَغْزُونَ yaḡzūna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُغْزُ uḡzu			اُغْزُوَا uḡzuwā				اُغْزُوا uḡzū
	f		اُغْزِي uḡzī							اُغْزُونَ uḡzūna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	غُزِيتُ ḡuzītu	غُزِيتَ ḡuzīta	غُزِيَ ḡuziya		غُزِيتُمَا ḡuzītumā	غُزِيَا ḡuziyā		غُزِينَا ḡuzīnā	غُزِيتُمْ ḡuzītum	غُزُوا ḡuzū
	f		غُزِيتِ ḡuzīti	غُزِيَتْ ḡuziyat			غُزِيَتَا ḡuziyatā			غُزِيتُنَّ ḡuzītunna	غُزِينَ ḡuzīna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُغْزَى ʔuḡzā	تُغْزَى tuḡzā	يُغْزَى yuḡzā		تُغْزَيَانِ tuḡzayāni	يُغْزَيَانِ yuḡzayāni		نُغْزَى nuḡzā	تُغْزَوْنَ tuḡzawna	يُغْزَوْنَ yuḡzawna
	f		تُغْزَيْنَ tuḡzayna	تُغْزَى tuḡzā			تُغْزَيَانِ tuḡzayāni			تُغْزَيْنَ tuḡzayna	يُغْزَيْنَ yuḡzayna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُغْزَى ʔuḡzā	تُغْزَى tuḡzā	يُغْزَى yuḡzā		تُغْزَيَا tuḡzayā	يُغْزَيَا yuḡzayā		نُغْزَى nuḡzā	تُغْزَوْا tuḡzaw	يُغْزَوْا yuḡzaw
	f		تُغْزَيْ tuḡzay	تُغْزَى tuḡzā			تُغْزَيَا tuḡzayā			تُغْزَيْنَ tuḡzayna	يُغْزَيْنَ yuḡzayna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُغْزَ ʔuḡza	تُغْزَ tuḡza	يُغْزَ yuḡza		تُغْزَيَا tuḡzayā	يُغْزَيَا yuḡzayā		نُغْزَ nuḡza	تُغْزَوْا tuḡzaw	يُغْزَوْا yuḡzaw
	f		تُغْزَيْ tuḡzay	تُغْزَ tuḡza			تُغْزَيَا tuḡzayā			تُغْزَيْنَ tuḡzayna	يُغْزَيْنَ yuḡzayna

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915